#5 Decauter City

[fastcat1]

#5 at Decauter City Iowa will be raced on August 5th 2007. Last year this race was the hottest and the roughest track we had all year. Being in August it will probably be HOT again. I know that the Turbo, and myself will be there. David Moline from the Club should be there. Hopefully some other club members that like to race will show up. So till later Fastcat1 Out

[MotherShip]

Good luck and have fun you guys!

[fastcat1]

Weather calls for hot, hot, and more hot. Temps supposed to be 90's plus, but they say windy to so hopefully it will be kinda okay. Will be outa here sometime this PM I hope, Mr Weck and myself along with David Moline for sure will be there from the club So till we know the results. Fastcat1 Out

[Weck]

On the Gas and Haulin Ass, It's Stifler Time Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MotherShip]

So, how did it go today guys? It sure was a hot one! Hope you guys did ok!!

[fastcat1]

It was HOT. When we left it was 103 on the truck temp gauge. Turbo raced in the AM and came in 7th in his class. Myself and David Moline raced in the PM. After 11 races the Kitty finally said it had enough 1st lap was awesome was loving the track and the ups and downs and all the off camber stuff was working well I think I was doing great when I started the 2nd lap heard lot of metal on metal and got real worried quick, so I backed off and just limped the kitty back to the truck. Didn't want to break down out there because getting towed back don't look to cool. So I at least finished under my own power. 12 raced and have started and finished all. We left early so I don't know where Mr Moline finished, I finished last but got the 1st place trophy was kinda disappointed the other 2 +50 racers didn't show up. Maybe the heat scared them off. So now we work on the kitty and get ready for #6. Thanks for the encouragement Mothership I appreciate it. So till later Fastcat1 Out

[xman]

Congrats on the win Fastcat, you deserve that first place trophy just for braving that nasty heat. Sounds like Turbo is getting more comfortable on his new Honda, I knew that Yamaha was holding him back!

Doesnt sound good for the Kitty, hope shes not too sick .....was it muddy at all or did they miss the monsoon there???

[fastcat1]

Not a speck of rain to be found anywhere. Going thru Des Moines at about 7:00 it rained so hard I couldn't see.
I think Turbo at one time yesterday was wishing he had the Yammie back at his stable, But thats a story for him to tell.

[ubnpast]

fastcat1 said:

I think Turbo at one time yesterday was wishing he had the Yammie back at his stable, But thats a story for him to tell.

I would have to assume he is getting tired of the bars being pulled out of his hands because of the power difference.

[MrYfz]

ubnpast said:

I would have to assume he is getting tired of the bars being pulled out of his hands because of the power difference.

You've got to be kidding me!

[shezuki]

Great job all!!! So whats this story Weck??

[xman]

Why do I suspect a kick starter is involved in Wecks story!!

[Wait4me]

I was thinking it was the reverse-capabilities that Weck missed. When faced with a log-strewn path, that reverse gear would of made the turn-around alot easier.

Great job on the track everybody, and a 1st is a 1st FastCat !!! Showing up is half the battle.

[xman]

wait4me said:

Showing up is half the battle.

G.I. JOOOOOEEE........................sorry couldnt resist!

[Weck]

Well there's not much of a story, I think what he's talking about is before the start of the race all of the quads were lined up and the riders were talking together etc... It looks like we are gonna get started so I hop on to fire it up and get ready. Well I kick and kick about 20 times checking the switches, choke, etc... Dave just happens to walk up wanting me to sign his hat or something and says, "ya might wanna check that kill switch Jr." So I plug in and the R comes to life right away. I guess a grounded coil is about the only thing that will keep a Honda down.

I had an ok start. I practiced some with Ubn's help last week and this race start was about the same distance that we practiced with a drag race to some hay bails then a hard right and into the trail. Well I think I am not getting the hot start fully depress before hitting the kick starter so it lit on the second kick but I was still mid-pack through the bails. Like always I have excuses. First, the C+ class was the first row to go off. That helped with the dust but was in my head about other riders coming through on the first lap. etc, etc...

The track was great, not as rough as last year. Some of the straightaways last year were so bumpy you could hardly do 3rd gear across it. This year after the first lap there were several spots you could hit 5th gear wide open for a long ways. I made a few passes in the straights there that were pretty sweet. I have been practicing my cornering around trees and stuff and it would have been great to use that here. It seemed like everytime there was a direction change it was never on level ground. I ran 5th for the first 3 laps then gave up two spots on the 4th lap. At the end of three there were 40 minutes left so I knew I would come around to the check point a few minutes short of being done so I tried to keep a good pace going but the heat was getting to me. I finished the 4th lap with 10 minutes showing on the board so I took off for the 5th and again tried to keep an even pace. At the last race I lost a spot in the last 400 yards so did'nt want that to happen again. I was looking for the 6th place bike that whole lap but ended up about 45 seconds behind him at the end. My total ride time was about 2:20. I was pretty spent but recovered quicker than at Waukon. I am not getting the cardio work outs I used to so I need to step up my training program a little...

I think there were 15 quads in the C+ class which was again smaller than last year, but top to bottom all riders are relatively close in speed so that makes it competitive.

Looking forward to Mt Pleasent in a month. That was voted the series most favorite track last year and it got my vote too. Its only 90 minutes from the QC.